Disease

Cholera - Lebanon

Still less than a month since the first cholera case was reported in Lebanon, the first such case in nearly thirty years, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) updated the situation on Saturday: As of October 29, 1,409 cumulative (suspected and confirmed) cholera cases have been reported, which includes 381 confirmed cases.

Dengue Fever

Bangladesh - In a follow-up on the dengue fever situation in Bangladesh in 2022, the country’s Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported 1020 additional cases Saturday, bringing the total cases to 37,151 year to date. In October alone, 21,059 cases have been reported so far with two days left. The death toll has increased to 136.

India - 150 people are getting positive every day. With the end of the monsoon, seasonal diseases started increasing rapidly in Rajasthan.

Measles - Angola

The number of cases of children with measles continues to increase in Angola. In the last three weeks alone, health authorities have recorded more than 2,000 new cases of the disease.